In recent days, there have been major interviews with the developers of World of Warcraft. Among other things, they discuss the state of the classes, for whom it will rain soon and for whom the sun may shine.
Over the weekend, the developers conducted two major video interviews. They provided insight into how they currently view the classes. MMO-Champion has reviewed the interviews and summarized the findings.
This is how Blizzard currently sees the classes
For these classes, the sun may rise soon
Mages can probably expect a buff soon. Their damage is currently too low; Frost is slightly higher than Arcane and Fire, but they want to raise all three specs to a higher level.
Shamans can look forward to a small buff across all specs. Although the healers are quite close together, Blizzard sees the Shamans lagging a bit behind. The issues that the Elemental Shaman faces in encounters that require a lot of movement run deeper. WoW will address this in 6.1.
Regarding Warlocks, they regret how “Rain of Fire” has been handled; it should have been announced differently, and they are continuing to look into it. Blizzard does not want to introduce such significant changes overnight with a hotfix in the future.
Warriors: The Gladiator spec was too high for single target (damage on one target). Blizz wants to bring Arms and Fury to a similar level. Warriors should not only deal damage in the execution phase. The preferred damage spec should also not just be Gladiator.
Healers: They are considering whether they have moved too far away from “big heals” with the healing changes; there could be some general changes in this regard.
Hmm, everything seems fine for now
Blood Death Knights are casting too much and not using their swords enough.
Regarding Druids, they aren’t saying anything at all.
It’s also relatively quiet for . Shadow Priests are seen as a class that should dot all enemies in AE; they favor the so-called multi-dotting for their playstyle.
Paladins could benefit from a greater selection of 100 talents, especially regarding healing. Overall, they want to take a closer look at the 100 talents for all classes.
Rogues are considered okay by Blizzard; players still need to get used to the changes in the combo system.
And soon it might start to rain here
Hunters are currently a bit too strong, although they aren’t directly talking about a nerf. If there are too many hit hunters in the Mythic raids later, they will reevaluate the talent “Aspect of the Fox,” which was actually only introduced to allow hit hunters to provide a raid buff.
Regarding Monks, they see the DPS specs as being a little too strong. Just like with the Hunters, they aren’t directly speaking about a nerf. Healing Monks were strengthened after it became clear in the Challenge modes that they were lagging a bit behind.
Balance adjustments of around 5-10% for all classes could occur as early as Monday. This is expected to happen before the Mythic Halls of Valor opens in the USA on Tuesday. It seems that things might be turning soon, which class is currently on top in terms of damage in 6.0.3.
Right now, it seems to be an open house at Blizzard; just over the weekend they let a glimpse into their cards twice:
World of Warcraft: Blizzard is considering 6-Man Groups – and the Future of the Garrison
World of Warcraft: No Flying in Draenor with 6.1
